Chapter 64: The New Mrs Hallewell

I couldn't make sense of what had just happened.

After Christopher proposed and secured the betrothal necklace around my neck, Papa took the toy box from me, gave it to Bridget and thanked her for the invitation, then he took my hand and we left the mansion.

I was still too stunned to say anything. I was just sitting at the breakfast table, still as a rock as I stared into space.

I was engaged?! How was it possible that I was engaged? And to Christopher? How did not fretting push me into the last place I wanted to find myself, as someone's wife?

It was probably a joke. Maybe if I held my breath long enough, I'd pass out and wake up in my bed; there would be no memory of the night in the storeroom and most especially, I wouldn't be wearing a betrothal necklace.

"You will give yourself a headache worrying so much." Pa was sitting on another chair, across from me. "Don't think too much about the matter, it is..."

"Pa, tell me... am I engaged to be married?" He looked confused.

"Yes, you